Sean Dustman says he's fairly used to facing death as a rock climber, so serving in Iraq isn't too bad in the end. "Being anxious all the time just makes you crazy," he said in an e-mail from Iraq.
Here's a partial list of apartments and houses still available for rent for next school year. Most leases start in August.
By Scott Cendrowski The State News Ken Reed had been through the Iraq experience before. A soldier in the Persian Gulf War, Maj.
Your statements that the United States should "start playing to North Korea's interests" and "it's time for the United States to get down on its knees" leave you without any credibility ("Tact needed" SN 2/14). Thank goodness the editorial staff of The State News is not in a position to influence the diplomatic or foreign affairs of the United States; with statements like these, you never will be. Whose interests do you purport to represent or serve with such words?
This letter is in response to "ASMSU continually seems unnecessary" by Ryan Gartland (SN 2/11). Although it would be a student's choice to request a refund, I would like to point out that ASMSU provides helpful services, such as legal assistance and temporary loans to students, and such services may just keep a student in school during a crisis.
A plan to construct a nearly $20 million parking garage on campus is causing concern among some East Lansing officials and MSU faculty members. The MSU Board of Trustees approved a development contract for a nearly 725-spot parking garage close to Morrill Hall at its meeting Thursday. The idea for the ramp stemmed primarily from a need to improve safety on north campus - particularly around West Circle Drive, said Tom Maleck, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the university's traffic engineer. More than 73 accidents occur on average per year on that road, which are caused by motorists hunting for a parking space, Maleck said. "We're confident that at least 80 percent of these accidents will go away if we can establish additional parking," Maleck said.
Once you're out of the dorms and cooking on your own, you're bound to have that one roommate who makes tofu pancakes or brussel sprout casserole and won't comply to the college-kid standard of Meijer-brand macaroni and cheese. Yet no matter how quirky your roommates' tastes are, everyone uses the same old stand-bys: Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, margarine, peanut butter, pickles, etc., etc., etc. Even the kid who only eats grilled cheese will need ketchup at some point.
I don't care where you're living or what you're living in, but if you're paying more than $500/month for rent, you're being robbed.
When school lets out in May, most students will be packing their bags and heading home. But for some students, their summer plan is staying at MSU. Those students have to decide where to stay -?on campus, or off. Living on and living off each can have upsides and downsides.
Being an indecisive college student, I've gotten used to moving on the fly. But I like packing and unpacking about as much as I like sticking a pencil in my eye and twisting.
Still haven't found the perfect digs to hang your hat come next fall? Fear not, my homeless friend - my roommates and I are living proof that you can always find a pad, no matter how late you jump into the game. Two years ago, we had a great house just minutes from campus.
Karen Calhoun has gone through five semesters of Chemistry 141. As a real-time captioner and academic specialist for MSU's Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, Calhoun has attended classes in everything from English to parasitology and back again.
Independence, your own room or more space are all reasons students move off campus into houses or apartments.
Michael Wright planned on staying in his off-campus apartment this summer. He also planned on landing a job after he graduated in December. Sometimes, however, things don't always go as planned. "I graduated already, but after four interviews, I still haven't gotten a job so I'm going to live with my family in Texas," Wright said. Students across campus are finding themselves in similar dilemmas.
Jim Bouchard began his first week in Iraq with an unbelievable sunburn. It came after a 24-hour road trip from Kuwait to his Army base in Iraq.
Bearing a bundle of arrows, red roses and a bag of valentines, Cupid descended on the Administration Building on Monday. Styling himself "The GEUpid," doctoral student and Graduate Employees Union member Matthew Boyer delivered a bagful of messages from undergraduate and graduate students to the office of MSU President Lou Anna Simon. The valentines, designed by English teaching assistant Ana Holguin, petitioned Simon for better health care, cost of living increases and parking privileges. "This is the number one love holiday of the year," said Melissa Fore, vice president of the GEU.
After a disagreement over the involvement of Student Life advisers in ASMSU business affairs, undergraduate representatives and advisers are working to redefine the advisers' role.
Beginning next fall, the first floor of Holden Hall will become coed by suite. Fred Kayne, associate director for University Housing, said this will be the first addition of a coed floor at MSU in roughly a decade. Holden will join Holmes, McDonel, Case, Wonders and Wilson halls as the only dorms on campus to offer coed housing. Kayne estimated that roughly 900 students lived on coed floors this year. Students with questions can contact the Holden housing office, (517)355-7590.
Family community services junior Miguel Torres and education freshman Ileana Cortez have different lifestyles at MSU.